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TRIBUTE TO THE 2022 STANLEY CUP WINNERS COLORADO AVALANCHE
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HON. DIANA DeGETTE
of colorado
in the house of representatives
Friday, July 1, 2022
Ms. DeGETTE. Madam Speaker, I rise today, along with my colleagues: Congressman Ed Perlmutter, Congressman Ken Buck, Congressman Joe Neguse, Congressman Jason Crow, and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, to recognize the best team in U.S. hockey, the Colorado Avalanche. We make this tribute after the Avalanche clinched the 2022 Stanley Cup with their Game 6 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday, June 26, 2022.
For fans of the Colorado Avalanche, who have patiently waited for more than 20 years to see our favorite team triumphantly raise the Stanley Cup again, the journey to Sunday night's victory has been long but worth the wait. We have watched this team battle through setbacks and injuries with admirable grit and determination, culminating this year in a 16-4 post-season record and a well-deserved trophy.
To secure their spot in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Avalanche overcame formidable teams, including their Western Conference challengers the Edmonton Oilers, who they swept in four games to advance to the Finals. There, they defeated the two-time defending champions, the Lightning, in an exciting six-game series. The Avalanche took an early 2-0 lead in the series after notching wins in Games 1 and 2. Then, after suffering a loss in Game 3, a nail-biting overtime win in Game 4, and another loss in Game 5, the Avalanche emerged as victors in a well-played and hard-fought Game 6.
Truly, the credit for this team's incredible victory goes to the combined talent, drive, and sacrifice made by each player and member of the coaching staff and management. The immense skill and leadership demonstrated by this special group of players and coaches, both on and off the ice, is extraordinary.
On behalf of Avalanche fans everywhere, especially those in our home state of Colorado, we are incredibly proud to celebrate this team's tremendous victory; to have the Stanley Cup back in Colorado--exactly where it belongs; and to cheer on the nation's best hockey team to even more victories in the future: Go Avs Go.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 110(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 110(2)
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